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Short Review – The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

23. August 2010

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Summer’s not done yet, and if you haven’t already read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson, double-back to your nearest bookstore or get it online fast @Amazon. This final book in Larsson’s Millennium crime fiction trilogy is an adrenaline rush, and is being touted as the best being saved for last. [...]

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Short Review – The Imperfectionists – By Tom Rachman

6. July 2010

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The Imperfectionists is a novel by journalist-turned-novelist, Tom Rachman, and is described by some as a ‘delightful read’. A tragicomedy reminiscent of Joshua Ferris’ recent hit Then We Came To The End, The Imperfectionists is also set in the workplace, at a fictional newspaper in Rome during the dying days of newsprint. The book is [...]

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Book Review – Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

13. May 2009

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment by Steve Harvey These days most of the talk among single woman is about relationships and finding men who are willing and even more importantly happy to commit. Single women search for opinions and advice from anyone [...]

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Review – Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley in Jamaica and Beyond

5. May 2009

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There must be hundreds of books on Bob Marley. It would be impossible to list all those I have read or even simply looked through and, as one familiar with the story from the beginning, it is hard for me not to view most of them as merely repetitive attempted tributes. Some are just plain [...]

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Book Review – The Glass Menagerie

26. March 2009

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The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams. It premiered in Chicago in 1944, and in 1945 won the prestigious New York Drama Critics Circle Award. The Glass Menagerie was Williams’ first successful play, and he went on to become one of America’s most highly regarded playwrights. The Glass Menagerie was published as a [...]

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Your Einstein Complex Book Overview

6. January 2009

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Your Einstein Complex (Awaken Your Inner Genius … Live Your Dreams) is a book by Dr. Roger A. Boger, a practising dental surgeon who has served as a research fellow at the Albert Einstein North Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The book’s foreword argues that all of us have a latent potential for genius and it [...]

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